Matthew Dewey

[1] Matthew Dewey is an Australian composer[1][2] and music producer who studied composition with Professor Douglas Knehans at the University of Tasmania and composition/theatrical design/singing with Greek-Australian composer/designer Constantine Koukias.

In 2003 he sang the bass role in the Australasian premiere of Hydrogen Jukebox by Philip Glass.

He has composed various songs including two cycles utilising text by the esteemed expat South African poet Anne Kellas:[11] Isolated States and Notes for Mount Moono; and two song suites based on the work of his brother, entitled Elegy and Compass.

[12] His chamber works include two pieces written for the Seymour Group: A Dance on Five Claps and Voyage, the latter of which was written for the Seymour Group in conjunction with the internationally renowned bass-clarinettist Harry Sparnaay;[13] Flight and Reverie which premiered at the University of Hawaii;[14] and Entropic Visions which was given by Joshua Rubin[15] at the Lincoln Center in New York.

Dewey's First Symphony (for string orchestra) dealt with emotions surrounding the Port Arthur Massacre.

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Matthew Dewey